NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] "A conversation with a Cuban telecommunication engineer"
"A conversation with a Cuban telecommunication engineer"
http://j.mp/mBCTcw (This message on Google Buzz)
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http://j.mp/kqiyZf (Internet in Cuba)
"He is on point-to-point Ethernet connection to enet.cu, and is able to
trace the route from his dial-up connection to Google via a Newcom
International satellite link. Average ping time to Google was 683 ms.
Ping times to other machines at enet.cu averaged 110 ms. He did not
want to run many tests, because he feared surveillance by CuCERT. Like
their counterparts in other nations, CuCERT is charged with responding
to network security incidents, but he characterizes them as being like
"cyber-cops, who can enter your house, pick up your HDs and walk away
without previous notification.""
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Some observers might suggest that the U.S. counterpart of CuCERT goes by
the acronym "FBI" ...
Political comment: Going back all the way to before the Cuban revolution
(circa 1959), U.S. policy related to Cuba has been inane, counterproductive,
bullheaded, stupid, dangerous, short-sighted, and generally an example of
foreign policy in its least admirable modality. And of course, Cuba has
tended to respond in kind.
Luckily for us all, the changing generations now show real hope that
we may ultimately establish reasonable and eventually good relations
with our neighbor who is, after all, so very close by.
End of political comment.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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